[Csv] [Fwd: Re: [Docutils-develop] Re: "csv-table" directive added]

[Andrew McNamara]

>I'm working on a pure-Python backport of the csv module.  I do it for my 
>private needs and for docutils (which recently added a csv-table 
>directive), so I'm targetting Python 2.1 and up.  A quick check of the 
>PEP and Python's CVS suggests that the module was never prototyped in 
>pure Python.  Is this correct?  Is there some pure-Python code (even if 
>not entirely up-to-date) that could save me work?

No, there was never a pure python implementation of the parser. The parser
was developed specifically to provide a faster alternative to pure python
CSV parsers that were floating around at the time.. 8-)

This is the original "News" page for the ancestor of the current module:

    http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/csv/news.html

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Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
http://www.object-craft.com.au/